It’s difficult to remain a positive thinker when you’re stuck indoors in the middle of winter and, with me being a home worker, it’s doubly so as I don’t go out into the fresh air and walk around as much as I should, relying instead on a bit of exercise via my Wii and fresh air through an occasional trip down the garden to feed the birds or put rubbish in the bin.

You may recall a previous post I made on how using pink grapefruit as a perfume scent, made women appear younger to men. Well, I came across another interesting use for grapefruit - weight loss, and thought I’d share.

Dr. Alan Hirsch, director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago says scents can be used to help people lose weight. The Research Foundation’s studies have shown that food flavors — green apple, banana, and peppermint are more effective than non-food scents - including florals - for weight loss.

Alternative medicine, otherwise known as natural medicine has a lot of advantages but there are dangers associated with when it is used to treat some ailments more suited to the discipline of conventional or modern medicine. It is well worthwhile to ensure that the alternative medicine practitioner is both qualified and skilled at what he is doing. Read more about this topic in this article